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There was plenty of news across Georgia on Friday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here's a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Man Claimed To Represent Rappers, Scammed Emory: Prosecutors
  
• Best Companies To Work For: Georgia Businesses On Fortune's List
  
• Burglary Crew Brothers Arrested In Dunwoody: Police

8-Year-Old Girl Killed After She, Mom Hit By Car
An 8-year-old girl was killed after she and her mother were hit by a car Friday morning while trying to get on a DeKalb County school bus.

Employees Were In Fear For Their Lives, Armed Robber Sentenced
Maria Garcia and Orreal Bustos said in court they were in fear for their lives when an armed man pointed a gun at them last year and robbed $14,000, a purse, a wedding ring and other jewerly from them and the business where they worked, Corona Billiards.

Ga. Weather Forecast: When It Will Rain President's Day Weekend
We've got a rainy weekend ahead of us in metro Atlanta, according to the National Weather Service. From Friday afternoon on, there will be a chance of showers all the way through Sunday night and into President's Day.

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• Traveling For The Weekend: Here's A GDOT Update
  
• Canton Police Looking For 2 Suspected Thieves
  
• Shots Fired Into Vehicle: Gwinnett Police Need More Info
• Woodstock Police Search For Violent Carjacking Suspect
• 18,000 Forsyth Students Impacted By $100,000 In Grants

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Offset, from left, Quavo and Takeoff, of Migos, arrive at the U.S. premiere of "Bright" at the Regency Village Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)